Laquear Chess
introducing the
Laquear
The Laquear is a
bifurcation piece. It moves by colliding
diagonally against any piece, and then deviating to any of the two adjacent
orthogonals (in the prolonged movement direction). But it captures like a bishop
by jumping directly to the enemy piece, provided that any intermediate squares
are empty. The Laquear also moves by colliding with the margin. In this case
there is only one movement direction available. The Laquear's value is 3, that
is, the same as bishop or knight. Other rules are the same as in standard chess,
except for the possible promotion to Laquear. As it can capture by coordinating
with another piece, the Laquear is a highly cooperative piece, something which
makes it interesting for the positional player. The structure on the board
decides its possibilities. The Laquear's capacity to collide with the margin is
an important capacity. Laquear Chess can also be played with Kwaggas
instead of knights (see
Bodyguard Chess). Laquear Chess, and the
new Laquear piece, were invented by undersigned, October 2006.
The
Laquear (lat. laquearius) was a gladiator type in ancient Rome that was
equipped with a lasso and a lance.
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© M. Winther
(October 2006).
The Laquear can move in two legs,
the first is a bishop slide and the second is an orthogonal collision-move.
Captures occurs diagonally (red = capture).
The Laquear's movement principle.
The screens, that are used for colliding, occur anywhere on the first leg.
Should the screen be an enemy piece then it could be captured.